Now put the fear back into your QB

this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; The guy is a competitor no question, putting fear into Drew Brees I don't think that even enters into the equation. It did make for an interesting thread though....

Well, there was no strike for Drew to organize practices, workouts to show what an amazing leader he can be...

The only thing that I could see that may have affected Drew's influence on the team was if there was some resentment over the contract stuff...

I.E. Drew got Paid and There's Nothing Left For Us Kinda Thing...

And while there is some truth to that, he more than earned his, but that was my biggest concern was that his credibility would take a hit...

This past season, Brees did seem to take a couple of sacks where in previous years he would've thrown one of his bone-headed pick sixes...

If we can shorten the field (Defense gets turnovers) whereby we don't have to show every play in the playbook on a marathon drive, that should help...

The front office will never say it, but Grubbs was right there with Jason David as among the worse moves during tenure...

When you add that it was a kneejerk response to letting Carl Nicks go, to Tampa Bay, no less, it's really bad...

Though the premature contract extension for Junior Galette is closing fast as among the worst...

Brees has offered to renegotiate, but that would mean there would have to be more guaranteed money...

Sean Mickey Ireland has faced the reality that Brees age/decline will probably run out as the contract does...

And they'd rather be free of the Condon contract restrictiveness to make the necessary moves when that time comes...

Well Brees has 2 years left on this current deal, hope they get an extension done if he still wants to play. Hall of Fame Quaterbacks don't grow on tress, hell Jets have been trying to replace Namath since 1976 so be careful what you wish for

Don't think Brees isn't aware of all this talk of him being on the downward slide and him being traded next off season. I agree, he doesn't need any motivation either, but challenge him and his ability as a player, watch out.

It always feels good to cut and paste this once or twice every year during the off season, when threads about Brees like this one come up:

Most consecutive games with at least 1 TD pass - 54
Highest completion percentage, season – 71.2% (2011)
Most Seasons with 5,000+ passing yards - 4 (2008, 2011-2013)
Most completions in a season – 468 (2011)
Most 400+ completion seasons, career – 7 (2007-2008, 2010-2014)
Most consecutive 400+ completion seasons, career – 5 (2010-2014)
Most consecutive 350+ completion seasons, career – 9 (2006-2014)
Most consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards – 9 (2006-2014)
Most consecutive seasons with 4,000+ passing yards and 30+ Touchdowns – 7, 2008-2014
Most consecutive seasons with 5,000+ passing yards – 3 (2011-2013)
Most consecutive seasons with 5,000+ passing yards and 30+ Touchdowns – 3, 2011-2013
Most games with 5+ touchdown passes and no interceptions, career – 7
Most seasons with 70% pass completion rate (minimum 100 attempts per season) - 2 (2009 & 2011)
Most games with 30+ completions and 80% pass completion rate, career - 5
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) - 16
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) - 14
Most games with more than 80% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game) - 3 (tied with Ben Roethlisberger and Brett Favre)
Most games with more than 70% pass completion rate, season (minimum 20 attempts per game) - 10 (2011)
Most games with more than 70% pass completion rate and no interceptions, career (minimum 20 attempts per game) - 42
Most games, 250+ yards passing, season - 16 (2011)
Most 300+ yard passing games in a season – 13 (2011)
Most consecutive 300+ yard passing games – 9 (2011–2012, 2012-2013)
Most consecutive 300+ yard passing games (regular season and postseason combined)– 11 (2011-2012)
Most passing yards in first half of a regular season game — 346 (11/4/2007 vs. Jaguars)
Most games, 350+ yards passing, career - 44
Most games, 350+ yards passing, season - 8 (2011)
Most consecutive games with 350+ yards passing – 4 (Weeks 3,4,5,6; 2011)
Most passing yards in a season in away games - 2,852 (2011)
Most consecutive 400+ yard passing games - 2 (postseason games 2012) - tied with several other players
Most consecutive games with 450+ yards passing – 2 (postseason games 2012)
Most games with 400 yards passing and no interceptions, career - 9 combined (7 regular season, 2 postseason)
Most games with 20+ completions, season – 16 (2010-2012)
Most consecutive games with 20+ completions – 57 (2009–2013)[94]
Most consecutive games with 25+ completions - 11 (11/25/2012-10/06/2013)
Most games with 30+ completions, season – 9 (2011)
Most games with 30+ completions, career – 44
Most games with 30+ completions and no interceptions, career – 20
Most games with 39+ completions, career – 4 combined (2 regular season, 2 playoff games)
Most passing completions per game, career – 24.44 comp/game
Most passing attempts per game, career – 36.92 att/game
Most passing attempts per game, postseason- 42.27 att/game
Most passing yards per game, career – 277.39 yards/game
Most passing completions per game, season – 29.25 comp/game (2011)
Most passing completions per game, postseason - 27.82 comp/game
Highest post-season completion percentage, career – 65.8%
Lowest post-season interception percentage, career – 1.29%
Highest average passing yards per game in postseason- 321.73 (11 games)
Most completions in a playoff game – 40 (at San Francisco, 1/14/2012)
Most pass attempts in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 60 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)[95]
Most pass completions in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 39 (at Seattle, 1/8/2011)[95]
Most passing yards in a playoff game with zero interceptions – 466 (vs. Detroit, 1/7/2012)
Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception during the playoffs – 226 (January 21, 2007 – January 14, 2012)
Most Consecutive Playoff Games, 2+ Touchdown Passes - 7 (2006 – 2012) (tied with Terry Bradshaw and Joe Montana)
Most Playoff Games, 400+ yards passing - 3 (2011–12; consecutive)
Most Consecutive Playoff Games, 450+ yards passing - 2 (2012)
Best Passing Touchdown to Interception ratio in postseason - 4-1 (24 TD Passes - 6 interceptions)
Best Completions to Interception ratio in postseason - 51-1 (306 Completions - 6 interceptions)
Best Passing Yards to Interception ratio in postseason - 589.83-1 (3,539 Passing Yards - 6 interceptions)
Best Passing Touchdown per Game Average, Postseason - 2.182 (24 TD Passes/11 postseason games)
Most consecutive postseason games with 30+ pass completions- 4 (2/7/2010–1/14/2012)
Fastest player to reach for 40,000 career passing yards-152 GP
Fastest player to reach for 50,000 career passing yards-183 GP

And Drew needs "fear" because why? Fear has NEVER been what motivates Drew. His motivation is INTERNAL, not external....Being UNDER-ESTIMATED is what makes him tick, being too short etc, or telling him he can't do something, and watch him go and do it. Brees is clearly in this for the long haul, he is still making his case, his legacy both for him and the Saints....

He is 9th in career wins, ALL TIME. With quite a few years left to go. Fear has nothing to do with it.

Yeah but he can't win championships unless he gets help. All the great ones did that. He's probably sitting on his fat ass right now complaining about only having 2 seconds to read the whole field and then throw the ball.

I haven't but think I will. That said, the other night on twitter he put up a score he got on some golf video game and asked if anyone could beat it. Dude is competitive with everything. I wouldn't even want to hang out with him because I just envision everything becoming a contest lol

That's not a video game, it's an actual driving range of sorts with computer chipped golf balls and targets that you must aim at and hit. We have one in Spring Texas and it's a blast if you play golf. If you ever in a city with one I highly recommend playing, it's called Top Golf. They serve food and drinks also.